This is a handy little wrapper around wp_redirect I use in functions.php. Most of the time when using wp_redirct I want PHP to exit, so thats what the following function does, and while we’re at it why not throw in the ability to accept a post ID or a uri for the location.

/**
 * A handy wrapper to wp_redirect which exits after calling wp_redirect.
 * $location can be a url or a post id.
 *
 * @param string|integer
 * @return bool False if $location is not set
 */
function wptf_redirect( $location = '', $status = 302 ) {
	$permalink = false;

	if( is_int( $location ) ) {
		$permalink = true;
		$location = get_permalink( $location );
	}

	if ( ! $location ) {
		return false;
	}

	if( ! $permalink ) {
		$location = ltrim( $location, '/' );
		$location = '/'.trailingslashit( $location );
		$location = get_bloginfo( 'url' ).$location;
	}

	wp_redirect( $location, $status );
	exit;
}